Carton



C. A. FOX

Oct. 10, 1933.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAIILTONv v Charles A. Fox, New York, N. Y.

Applicatiomllay 8, 1933. Serial No. 869,682 13 Claims. (01. 229-21) This invention relates to improvements in cartons and hasparticular reference to a carton of the foldable type.

* An object of the invention is to provide an.

improved carton of simple, practical and economical construction in which partitions are utilized to divide the carton into a plurality of compartments each adapted to receive a beverage bottle or the like, and wherein said partitions are retained in cooperative relation by a member having interlocking engagement therewith.

Another object is to make a carton from a single blank of material which can be easily and quickly folded to divide the interior of the 16 carton into article-receiving compartments formed by a series of partitions, and to frictionally hold a closure member for the carton in closing position by engaging-a portion of said member between said partitions and a wall of the carton.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, some of which, for purposes of illustration, are shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:--

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the carton of the present invention may be formed.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a carton in a partially folded or set-up position.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the carton taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 4. Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a slightly different form of the invention.

Any suitable material, such as corrugated fiber board of the required weight and strength, may be used to make the blank from which the carton is preferably formed. In the present instance, the carton is especially adapted for packaging two or three bottles in a manner which will permit the same to be conveniently carried by purchasers from a retail store to the home, and the carton readily lends itself to packing in larger boxes such as may be used for transportation from the place of wholesale production to said stores, or like places of distribution.

The single blank from which the carton is made is cut and scored to provide a series of cooperating elements including the wall section 6, the longitudinally extending sides '1, flaps 8 at one end of said sides, and a closure member generally indicated by the numeral 9 which is divided into an end closure portion 10, a wall section 11, and another end closure 12 having a closure flap 13. From the ends of the sides 7 remote from the flaps 8 there extends, on opposite sides of the closure member 9, a pair of strips 14. Each of these strips is scored transversely at 15 in alignment with the scoring line which defines the end closure 10 and adjacent the opposite end of the strip the same is provided with a transverse slot 16 extending outwardly from the inner edge of the strip. From the slot 16 to the free extremity of the strip the latter is reduced in width as indicated at 17 for a purpose which will appear in the course of the description. At the opposite end of the blank and between the flaps 8 the wall 6 is extended to form the section generally indicated by the numeral 18 which is scored transversely of the blank along the line 19 to define a portion 20 and a retaining plate 21. As shown, this plate is provided with three apertures 22 therein and between said apertures the plate is provided with the spaced slots 23 extending inwardly from the outer edge of the section 18, said slots cooperating with the slots 16 in a manner which will presently appear.

In folding the blank to form the carton, the go strips 14 are bent on their scoring lines to the position shown in Figure 2 in which the elongated portions of said strips constitute two spaced and substantially parallel partitions which combine with the sides 7 to form two end article- 5 receiving compartments 24 and a third intermediate compartment 25, each of said compartments being adapted to receive a beverage bottle 26 or the like. Bottoms 27 are formed for the two end compartments 24 by the inner portions of the strips 14 next adjoining the sides 7, while the lower end of the intermediate compartment 25 is closed by the end closure 10 when the member 9 is folded to the position shown in Figure 3. It will be understood that, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, the construction herein described may be utilized to form a carton in which only two articlereceiving compartments are provided instead of the three just mentioned. In such a case, the portions of the strips 14 defining the inner walls of the two compartments would be brought into abutting relation and held thus in the same manner which will now be described in connection with the form shown in Figure 2.

When the strips 14 have been turned inwardly upon their folding lines, the portion 20 of the wall 6 is folded inwardly and the plate 21 is then extended laterally from said portion by folding the section 18 on the line 19. Thus positioned, 110

' the plate 21 with the free endof the partitions are brought into interlocking engagement with the transversely extending retaining plate 21 by interengaging said elements through the medium of the slots 16 and 23. A

bottle 26 may now be placed in each of the com partments by inserting the neck portion of said bottle through the adjacent opening 22 in the plate 21 as shown in Figure 3 and when thus positioned, the plate 21 will not only act to retain the partitions in their opposed parallel relation but will also assist inretaining the bottles within their respective compartments. The placing of the bottles within the compartments is done with the carton lying flat upon a support and after this has been accomplished the closure member 9 is folded soas to bring the end closure'lO into abutting relation with the bottoms 27 of the end compartments and in closing relation to the compartment 25. The wall section 11 of said closure member is then folded down to cover the fronts of the compartments 24 and 25, and'ai'ter the flaps 8 havebeen turned in so that they rest upon the adjacent end of the partitions, the end I closure 12 is folded down upon said flaps and at the same time the closure flap. 13 is inserted into the space between the portion 20 of the wall 6 and the adjacent longitudinal edges of said partition, the latter having been cut away at 17 to provide a convenient space between said edges and said portion 20 for receiving said closure flap 13. Before the latter flap is inserted, the portion 20, extends downwardly in a slightly diagonal direction, as indicated in Figure 3, so that it will, in efl'ect, form a wedge-shaped space with the adjacent edge of each of the partitions so that when the closure flap 13 is inserted into said space there will be a frictional engagement of the flap with the partition edges and said portion 20 and also with the adjacent edges of r the flaps 8, which engagement will be sufiicient to maintain the end closure 12 in its closing position. This frictional contact is enhanced by the natural tendency of the portion 20, due to the nature of the material'from which the blank is made, to move away from the inner surface of the wall 6 with the result that when the flap 13 in each cooperating with one of the slots in said partitions to interlock the latter with said plate, and a closure for said body.

3. A carton comprising a body. partitions therein forming article-receiving compartments and each having a transverse slot adjacent oneend thereof, a retaining plate having slots therein each cooperating with one of. the slots in said partitions to interlock the latter with said plate, and a closure member for one end of said body having engagement with edges of said partitions and a portion of said plate to frictionally maintain said closure member in closing position.

4. A carton comprising a body including side walls, partitions forming continuations of said side walls and foldable into positions within said bodyto constitute article-receiving compartments, a retaining plate interlocked with said partitions adjacent one end thereof, and a closure for said body.

5. A carton comprising a body including side walls, partitions forming oontinuations of said side walls and foldable into positions within said body to constitute article-receiving compartments, a retaining plate extending from another wall of said body and transversely of said partitions, said plate and partitions having cooperating means for interlocking the same.

6. A carton comprising a body having a wall, partitions within said body constituting article- 106 receiving compartments, a portion of said wall being folded upon itself and having an extension constituting a retaining plate having interengagement with said partitions, and a closure for said body having a flap insertable between and 110 frictionally contacting said portion and the edges of said partitions.

7. A carton comprising a body, partitions therein forming article-receiving compartments,

an article-retaining plate interlocked with said 118 partitions and having apertures for receiving portions of said articles, flaps resting upon ends of said partitions, and aclosure member constituting a wall of said body and having a flap foldable over the first-named flaps and interposed 120 between said partitions and another wall of the isinserted into the position shown in Figure 3 there will be more or less of a yielding pressure exerted by said portion 20 upon said flap. 3

rest upon the ends of the partitions, are-creased, as indicated at 28, so that a portion of each flap may be folded against the adjacent side 7 and theremaining portion of said flap] rested [upon the flap abutting the adjacent partition. In thisv instance, each flap 8 is provided with an opening 29 which aligns with the continguous opening 22 in said plate 21 to permit of the neck through said openings.

What is claimed is: 1. A carton comprising a body, partitions therein constituting adiacent article-receiving compartments, a retaining plate extending transversely of said compartments and interengaging with the partitions forming the same, and a closure member for said body having engagement with said partitions and a portion of said plate to frictionally maintain said closure member in closing position. v

2. A carton comprising a body, partitions therein forming article-receiving compartments and each having a transverse slot adjacent one end thereof, a retaining plate having slots therepassage of a' bottle 8. A carton comprising a body, partitionstherein forming article-receiving compartments, In the form of the invention shown inFigure 5, the flaps 8, instead of being folded so as to an article-retaining plate interlocked with said 128 partitions and having apertures for receiving portions of said articles, flaps bendable into engagement with said plate and having apertures aligned with the apertures in said plate, and a closure member constituting a wall of said body 18 and a flap foldable over the first-named flaps and interposed between said partitions and another wall of the body. I 9. A'singleblank ofmaterialforusein mak-- inga carton, said blank being cut and scored to 13! provide 'a body for the. carton, including side walls, strips forming extensionsof said side walls and bendable to opposed positions to constitute article-receiving compartments, and a retaining plate formed at one end of said blank and havmg interlocking engagement with saidstrips.

10. A single blank of material for use in makin'g'a carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide-a body for the carton, including side walls, strips forming extensions. of said side walls and bendable to opposed positions to constitute article-receiving compartments, and a re plate formed at one end of said blank, said strips and plate having cooperating slots for permitting interlocking engag ment thereof. 1&0

11. A single blank of material for use in making a carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide a body for the carton, including side walls, strips forming extensions of said side walls and bendable to opposed positions to constitute article-receiving compartments, and a retaining plate formed at one end of said blank and having interlocking engagement with said strips, said body further including a closure member for said compartments having a flap insertable between said partitions and another portion of said body.

12. A carton comprising a body having a wall a portion of which is foldable upon itself and provided with an extension constituting an article-retaining member adjacent one end of said body, closure flaps for said end 0! the body, and another closure having a flap insertable between and Irictionally contacting said wall portion and edges of said closure flaps to retain said other closure in closing position.

13. A single blank 0! material for use in making a carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide a body for the carton including a hinged member forming one wall of said body and also a closure for one end thereof, and to further provide partitions for dividing said body into a series of article-receiving compartments, said blank further including means to releasably interconnect said partitions with each other to maintain the same in cooperative relation.

CHARLES A. FOX. 

